Cavalry and Formation

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Cavalry noun - Troops trained to fight on horseback.

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Formation and cavalry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Cavalry".

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Cavalry and formation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cavalry" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

good	good cavalry	good formation
best	best cavalry	best formation
natural	natural cavalry	natural formation
original	original cavalry	original formation
Other adjectives: heavy, actual, entire, military, massed.

Infantry Squares, Although this formation dates back to the Roman era, it was successfully employed on 18th and 19th century battlefields as a defensive formation to ward off cavalry.

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Later when the Persian cavalry arrives, the Spartans adopt a tight arrow-shaped formation.

Source: Call That a Formation?
For example, Alexander's cavalry would have often charged home in the wedge formation.

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